Lock-hasp.



E.'B. STONE.

LOCK HASP.

APPLICATION man Aue.11. 1915.

202,002. Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

WITNESSES:

lMM 6715M IN VEN TOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELMER B. STONE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN 7 OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF HARDWARE CORPORATION, CONNECTICUT.

LOCK-HASP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER B. STONE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Lock-Hasp, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices in which a hasp and key operated lock are combined in a single structure, and an object of my invention, among others, is to produce a structure of this kind whereby the hasp may be conveniently and easily operated.

One form of lock hasp embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front face view of a lock embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a View of a portion of the body and cover of a trunk illustrating the operation of my improved lock, the cover being partially closed and one side of the haspbeing broken 01f. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the cover fully closed.

In the accompanying drawings the nu meral 5 indicates the body and'6 the cover of a trunk of ordinary construction to which I have shown improved lock attached for the purpose of illustrating my invention, and 7 indicates a keeper attached to the cover, 8 a lock case attached to the body, and 9 a hasp pivotally attached to the keeper and of loop or bail form to extend about the edges of the lock case-and to engage with its lower edge to assist in holding the cover.

As an aid in engaging the hasp into engagement with the lock case the lower edge of the latter is rounded or beveled off as at 10 on its front face, whichrounded or bev- Specification of Letters Patent.

' front face of the lock plate 12.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Application filed August 11, 1915. Serial No. 44,854.

eled surface preferably extends up on to 0pposlte sides of the case. A stop 11 extends fronr an edge of the opening in the hasp in position to engage the rounded or beveled part of the lock case and to rest against the This stop by engagement with the beveled surface 10 enables the cover to be easily drawn to place and resting against the face of the lock plate 1t positions the finger piece 13 so that the fingers may be readily placed thereunder for the purpose of releasing the hasp.

In the construction shown herein the stop or prong on the hasp engages a beveled surface on the lock case, which serves as a catch, and the hasp is shown as pivotally mounted on the cover of a trunk or other receptacle. The feature of the invention, however, will be present in any other form of catch than the lock case and upon the beveled edge of which the prong may act to cam the cover down, or, in fact, in a structure in which the hasp is not necessarily pivotally attached to the cover, so long as the parts are arranged to permit the stop to engage the beveled edge of a catch to draw the cover to place and secure it.

While I have shown and described herein a satisfactory form of device embodying my invention this may be departed from to a greater or lesser degree and yet be within the spirit and intent of the invention.

I claim I A catch having a beveled edge, a pivotally mounted hasp having an opening to receive said catch, and a stop projecting from the inner edge of said opening and positioned to engage said beveled edge.

ELMER B. STONE.

Witnesses: a

C. S. HEADLEY, JoHN PINoHEs, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

